As a reader, I've always been interested in dystopian novels like 'Nineteen Eighty-four'. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes dystopian eighty have
Walking down the street with a portrait of the Dalai Lama will get one immediately arrested in most parts of China. Tiny medallions are routinely confiscated and destroyed. Barbara Demick arrestchinaconfiscate Change image and share on social
North Korea is probably the only country in the world deliberately kept out of the Internet. Barbara Demick countrydeliberatelyinternet Change image and share on social
One of the ways the North Korea regime has kept power is by keeping its people ignorant of the living standards in the outside world. That's the underlying lie that supports the regime - not that their country is 'normal' but that they are better off. Barbara Demick countryignorantkeep share on social
I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray. Nimrat Kaur haveraysatyajit Change image and share on social
For its speculations to be taken seriously, dystopian fiction must be part of a discussion of contemporary society, a projection of ongoing political failures perhaps, or the wringing of present jeopardy for future disaster. Sarah Hall contemporarydisasterdiscussion share on social
We can safely abandon the doctrine of the eighties, namely that the rich were not working because they had too little money, the poor because they had much. John Kenneth Galbraith abandondoctrineeighty Change image and share on social
